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Advaita Vedanta is a Hindu sādhanā, a path of spiritual discipline and experience, [note 3] and states that moksha (liberation from 'suffering' and rebirth) [9] [10] is attained through knowledge of Brahman, recognizing the illusoriness of the phenomenal world and disidentification from the body-mind complex and the notion of 'doership ...
"The Encounter of Man and Nature. The Spiritual Crisis of Modern Man". Aperture. 15 (2 [58]). [Princeton University Art Museum, Aperture Foundation, Inc.] ISSN 0003-6420. JSTOR 24471556. van Ess, Josef (1969). "The Encounter of Man and Nature. The Spiritual Crisis of Modern Man". Die Welt des Islams. 12 (4). JSTOR: 246. doi:10.2307/1569702.
The meaning of spirituality has developed and expanded over time, and various meanings can be found alongside each other. [1] [2] [3] [note 1] Traditionally, spirituality referred to a religious process of re-formation which "aims to recover the original shape of man", [note 2] oriented at "the image of God" [4] [5] as exemplified by the founders and sacred texts of the religions of the world.
The Nature and Destiny of Man: A Christian Interpretation (two volumes, 1943) is one of the important works of the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr. The book is partly based on his 1939 Gifford Lectures. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked it the 18th-greatest non-fiction book of the 20th century. [1]
The two parts of his nature respond to the same affinities in the natural and spiritual worlds." [15] He asserted, quoting Swedenborg through mediumship, that the relationship between man and the spirit world is reciprocal and thus could contain sorrow. Though ultimately, "wandering through the spheres" a path of goodness "is received at last ...
The book is one of the earliest works to document the effects of human action on the environment, and it helped to launch the modern conservation movement. Marsh is remembered by scholars as a profound and observant student of men, books and nature, with a wide range of interests ranging from history to poetry and literature. His wide array of ...
Transcendence: My Spiritual Experiences with Pramukh Swamiji (June 2015) [1] is a book written by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the 11th President of India and a pioneering scientist. Co-authored by Professor Arun Tiwari and published by HarperCollins India , the book describes Kalam's spiritual experiences with and reflections on Pramukh Swami Maharaj ...
Transpersonal psychology focuses on exploring spiritual experiences, mystical states, self-transcendence, and the holistic development of human potential. An interest group was later re-formed as the Transpersonal Psychology Interest Group (TPIG), which continued to promote transpersonal issues in collaboration with Division 32. [ 6 ]